Bed and douche pan.



No. 633,004, Patented Sept. l2, I899. D. HOGAN.

BED AND DOUCHE PAN,

(Application filed Aug. 25, 1898.) (No Model.)

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DANIEL HOGAN, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

' BED AND DOU CHE PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,004., datedSeptember 12, 1899.

Application filed August 25, 1898. Serial No. 689,489. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL HOGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Bed and Douche Pans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention resides in certain novel features of construction setforth in the following specification and claim and illustrated in theannexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the bed-pan. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section ofFig. 1. Fig. 4c shows a modification.

The pan is shown with its bottom at 1, its sides at 2, and its rim at 34 3, the top of the pan being open. The rim portions 3, as seen in Fig.1, are extended along into spout 5 to leave the latter open at the top.The pan when in use has its rim portion 4. or the top face 6 contiguousto said rim portion 4, sup porting the users spine, and said rim portion4 being elevated from the pan-bottom 1 will keep the spine or the personof the user out of contact with the pan-bottom or contents. The bottom,sides, and rim portions of the pan being made to curve or round into oneanother at the entire interior of the pan corners or contracted spaceswhich would be difficult of access or cleaning are avoided. The pan canthus be readily kept clean or neat or effectively emptied.

The rim is shown with perforations 7 extended through the rim into thepan-space, as seen in Fig. 3. These perforations serve for the receptionof strings or fastenings 9, securing pads or softenings 10. The stringsand pads can be readily detached, as may be required, for cleaning, andthese pads 10 can be readily formed by towels or suitable soft articlesready to hand.

As seen in Fig. 3, by making the rim at the spine-supporting portion 4with a concaved or depressed face 6 the spine will be kept clear anddistress or pressure avoided, the pads 10 forming a soft support forthebuttocks. The

pan-bottom lbeing flat will form a firm or level support, and by havingthe exterior and interior of the pan smooth or glazedcleanliness isreadily assured. To avoid slipping of the pan in the bed, the bottom 1is practically surrounded or edged by a roughened or non-glazed ornon-slipping ring or portion 11, which secures a grip or frictionagainst the bedclothes to avoid displacement of the pan while in use. Ifseen fit, this roughening 11 can be omitted.

When the pan is in use, the base of the spine resting over rim portion 4and the spout 5 being under or between the thighs of the user, theperson of the user, as seen, is kept clear from bottom 1, and the spout5, open at top, allows the nurse or attendant to gain access to theperson of the user while the latter is on the vessel. Necessary0perati0nsas, for example,cleaning or douchingcan thus be performedwithout the pan having to be removed, and fluid contents can bewithdrawn from the pan, as by a syringe applied at spout 5, while thepan remains in the bed or in use. The annoyance and complication ofso-called drainage-tubes are thus avoided. The open-top spout 5 alsoenables the pan to be readily employed by amale as a urinal.

The pan can of course be m ade of any suitable material. The strings 9are preferably tied or passed about in the holes 7 before the pads 10are laid in place, as the strings if simply looped through the holesmight slip about and allow displacement of the pad. The edge portions 13 are rounded or sharp edges avoided, so that even if the pads 10 areomitted cutting or distress is avoided.

The pad or softening 10 is shown at the rear looped about or secured toa bail or wire 12, and in place of the holes 7 a similar bail or loop 1%could be used to secure or tie the front of the pads. To secure a flator smooth position of the pads, the loop 14 is generally omitted andeyes 7, with strings 9, used, as shown. Such loop 14, however, is notapt to cause inconvenience, because the weight of the patient or userrests back of such loops 14:.

The bottom instead of being formed as in Fig. 3 could be formed as shownat 1, Fig. at, with the gripping or non-glazed portion 11 extended aboutsuch bottom.

my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DANIEL HOGAN,

XV. G. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

tom, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set

